The Old Station Nursery, Iver

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager, who is new to the setting, has successfully introduced effective systems to evaluate the quality of the provision. She has made some in-depth changes, which have resulted in positive improvements throughout the nursery.

For example, children have greater opportunities to access and enjoy daily fresh air and exercise. • Staff provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are valued and respected. Children form strong relationships with key persons and are confident and ready to learn.

• The manager closely monitors children's progress. She initiates effective partnerships with other professionals and ensures that early inter...ventions are in place, to help children catch up quickly. All children make good progress from their starting points.

• Staff hold regular meetings with parents to share children's achievements and next steps in learning. They involve parents in their children's learning effectively. • The manager ensures ratios are maintained at all times and deploys staff well.

Staff supervise children vigilantly and conduct daily risk assessments, to ensure the premises and resources are safe for children. • The monitoring of staff performance is not fully effective to identify even more precisely where further support is needed to help raise standards of practice even further. • Although staff know their key children well, not all staff are aware of other children's precise next steps in learning when working with them to maximise children's learning at every opportunity.